Mohd Ashfaque was the star performer as MCC ‘B’ thrashed Kaushab Pawar Cricket Academy by 115 runs to open their account in the MCC 8-Team Under-19 Cricket League 2019, played at Oval Maidan, here today. After MCC ‘B’ hit up 220 for nine off 40 overs, spinner Ashfaque struck deadly blows to capture five wickets for just 19 runs off 6.2 overs to bundle out Pawar CA for 105.
Mohd Ashfaque
In the other tie played on the adjacent plot, MCC ‘A’ struggled to get the better of Mane Cricket Academy by two wickets. After restricting Mane Academy to 161 for nine, the MCC ‘A’ at one stage were in danger of losing, having lost their top order batsmen early before the tailenders took them home.
Brief scores: Mane Cricket Academy 161/9 off 40 overs (Tejas Chvan 32, Yash Salunke 26;Vedant Patil 3/38, Shreyansh Bogar 2/30, Zaid Khan 2/24) lost to MCC ‘A’ 162/8 ( Altamesh Khan 69, Yash Ramchandani 40; Hardik Yadav 3/30, Prithvik Pandit 3/12) by 2 wk ts.
MOM – Altamesh Khan.
MCC ‘B’ 220/9 (Kapil Yadav 44, Hrushikesh Sathe 39, Anuj Giri 28; Tanmay Mande 5/44, Prathmesh Wandre 3/35) bt Kaushtab Pawar CA 105 all out (Shashwat Pathak 47, Tejas Sakpal 26; Mohd Ashfaque 5/19, Anuj Giri 3/22) by 115 runs. MOM – Mohd Ashfaque (6.2-2-19-5).